diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
index 25054ff76fe84..d0a0542bb0933 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <jboss-logging.version>3.4.3.Final</jboss-logging.version>
         <maven-core.version>3.8.4</maven-core.version>
-        <mockito.version>4.4.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>4.5.0</mockito.version>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.0.0-M5</version.surefire.plugin>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <quarkus.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus.version>